Stanley's Story; Or, Through the Wilds of Africa: A Thrilling Narrative of His Remarkable Adventures, Terrible Experiences, Wonderful Discoveries and Amazing Achievements in the Dark ContinentFeather, A. G., Col.
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Stanley's Story; Or, Through the Wilds of Africa: A Thrilling Narrative of His Remarkable Adventures, Terrible Experiences, Wonderful Discoveries and Amazing Achievements in the Dark Continent
Feather, A. G., Col.
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Livingstone, David, 1813-1873; Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
“Far surpassing everything of local import in interest just now is the
information afforded by the New York ‘Herald’ to the London press of
the discovery of Dr. Livingstone. Far surpassing everything which has
been hitherto achieved by journalistic enterprise is the discovery of
the great African explorer--concerning whose fate the peoples of every
civilized state in the world have been anxious for many years--by the
special correspondent of a daily newspaper commissioned to find him.
We are accustomed to laugh on this side of the Atlantic at the rage
which prevails for a knowledge of what are classed as ‘big things’
among our American kinsmen; but it is not only with a feeling of
satisfaction, but also of kindred pride, that we express our
admiration of this wonderful undertaking, which was conceived and has
been carried to such a successful issue by the proprietor of our New
York contemporary.”
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The London “Telegraph” of the same date says:
“Yesterday we, in company with the whole people of Britain, listened
to the narration of the outlines of a tale describing the
accomplishment of a work as daring in its execution as that of Vasco
de Gama, as solitary in its accompaniment as that of Robinson Crusoe,
and quite as romantic in its progress as that of Marco Polo. The mind
delights to realize, even in imagination, the moment when the gallant
and indefatigable Stanley won his way in front of his little band of
followers--making up in noise what it lacked in numbers--to the
outskirts of Ujiji; and we must, all of us, envy the republic of the
United States the fact that the American flag was carried proudly at
the head of his force in happy agreement, and that under the banner of
the Stars and Stripes he afforded succor to the lonely Briton.”
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And thus the London “Daily News”:
“The extraordinary narrative which has just been communicated to the
world by the New York ‘Herald,’ supplies one of the most exciting
stories which civilization has had since the revelation of the
startling truths of Bruce. Mr. Stanley gives to his collation a
somewhat picturesque coloring, but the grand fact remains that he
found Livingstone notwithstanding, and not, as Sir Henry Rawlinson
conjectured lately, that Livingstone found Stanley. It is not easy to
imagine an enterprise more full of toil and peril than this strange
journey of the lonely American, attended, to be sure, by a small but
reluctant escort, in the hitherto trackless wilds of Africa and among
people of native tribes of unknown names. It is wholly impossible not
to admire the daring and perseverance which the American discovery has
crowned with triumph.”
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Said the Edinburgh (Scotland) “Courant”:
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